The Torah does not permit it.
Simchat Torah is right after Sukkot.
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah was created in 1973.
No. Shemini Atzeret is on the day before Simchat Torah.
Simchat Torah.
On Simchat Torah, there are special prayers and Torah-readings. Work is forbidden, and festive maels are held. It is customary to dance in the synagogue with the Torah scrolls.
No
Both are Jewish holidays.
They're rejoicing over the Torah.
1. It is commanded in the Torah just like Shabbat 2. It shows love for the Torah
It marks the completion of a yearly cycle of reading the Torah, and the privilege of beginning to read it again.
For the same reasons as the other branches - the celebrate the completion of reading the Torah.
On the last day (Simchat Torah), we complete the yearly cycle of reading the whole Torah, and we dance with the Torah-scrolls.